View entire thread: new to group
Posted by Russ Gordon on Mon Oct 09, 2006 1:13 AM Post subject: Re: new to group
Leah From a Knitting Newbe too, I certainly appreciated your "ultra" assistance with your response to
Pauline. However, I have two questions that I have searched everywhere for. I purchased an "almost new"
machine and am curious regarding needles, about every fifth needle is sorta stiff, or, not as loose as the rest;
although this does not seem to affect movement of the carriage. Nothing in the manual mentions this, which makes me
wonder if it is normal to others. Should all the needles move in the same smoothness? A circle of Wax was included, and
directions show where to apply it. But, I don't know how to get the wax where the needles go into and through the KP.
The hunk of wax is too large to rub it into the small canal. I've sort of shaved it into the particular areas of
concern. Thanks for any assistance. "Leah" <fenton@nowayamigivingitout.com> wrote in message
news:la5ii2hs2kacrvv4bn2dcvpj7dm17nabqo@4ax.com... [quote:2efb3beaca]On Sat, 7 Oct 2006 22:38:28 -0400, judyp2@webtv.net
(Judy P) wrote: Hi Pauline, I have a sweater machine too..Haven't made any thing on it yet.. What I have tried, has
ended up on the floor... I hand knit and crochet.. Judy It sounds to me like you might be in too much of a hurry when
using your machine. I've had an ISM for over 10 years, and the USM carriage for 3-4 years now. New knitters I've
helped with their ISM/USM have dropped work most often because they were in too much of a hurry to get the row done and
end up with dropped stitches because pushing the carriage too fast makes needles jump out of alignment ahead of it, so
they don't knit right, and the work can drop as a result. If your work drops really early after you cast on, it could
be that your hem didn't drop down properly after the first row, causing the knitting to bunch up and then drop. Try
tugging very gently on the hem after you knit the first row to make sure it's hanging freely under the machine,
especially if you did a closed edge cast on, because R1 tends to be quite tight when doing an E wrap. Another problem
Bond newbies have is that they either pull the yarn up too tight at the beginning of the row or not tight enough, so
side edge stitches don't knit right and can drop. You want it snug, but don't yank the yarn too hard. Another issue
that Bond claims with their new higher tech plastic is that the USM no longer needs to be waxed for use. I don't know
if they've even put that into their instructions, but as a seasoned ISM user, I can tell you that when trying out my USM
KP and carriage, I found that it definitely needed to be waxed. Get an unscented 100% paraffin white wax candle. It
should be unscented because essential oils used to scent them can stain your yarn, same with a dyes to make a colored
candle. You can find the little white unscented tea lights in almost any store. Pull it out of the metal tray and wax
the area where the needles go into and through the KP. If your carriage is jamming on the retaining bar rail at the
front, wax those joints before beginning each large project (say after each sweater). I also wax the back of the
machine where the carriage hooks in on the top of the joints and at the backs of the joints to help the carriage slide
more freely. With continued use, your bed and carriage will loosen up a little bit and be overall easier to use, but if
you find it getting stiff to work again (and noisier than you remembered it being), try waxing it again, especially if
you let the machine sit a couple of months between projects. Another issue new Bonders have is they are either holding
the carriage to the bed too tightly or not tightly enough. You want the carriage to glide freely, but not bounce. It's
also very important to make sure there is no tension on the yarn. Pull out enough yarn to complete your carriage pass,
and if you run out, stop the carriage and pull out enough. I usually pull out enough for 2 rows, then repeat. Some
Bonders use a fishing tool called a line stripper to quickly pull lengths of yarn for knitting out and have it shot into
a basket before working, so they don't have to stop and pull out more yarn while knitting. If you try and use it
straight out of a center pull skein, it results in tight rows, which can result in dropped work. If you are dropping
stitches on the same 1-2 needles, then it's quite possible that in man handling your machine, you bent one or more
needles, so it's not knitting properly, and the work will drop in approximately the same place consistently, so check
for bent needles if you're dropping in the same area. Also, check your hem. If you don't have a ravel cord and are
just using the thin elastic that comes with the machine, you might have nicked your hem, which can cause dropped
stitches, as can outright cutting through it. Also check to make sure your weights are distributed evenly in the hem.
If the hem leans down on one side, it can cause stitches to lift on the other side of the bed and eventually fall off.
Also, and I've done this myself, check the instructions to see you are putting the hem on right. Until I got used to
it, I dropped my work, because the hem wasn't hung on the machine right. For more hints and tips using the ISM/USM, you
can visit Steph Thornton's page here: http://www.stephthornton.co.uk/knitting/bond/list/listhint.htm It has a lot of
goofy patterns offered for free (and one quite annoying poster who is obsessed with using multiple dots instead of
proper punctuation), but there is also a ton of helpful hints and tips, like using a crochet hook to "latch
up" the rib instead of that really annoying hooked "latchet" tool. I use a G or H hook to do up worsted
weight rib, I or J for bulky, and E or F for baby/sport/DK. Another terrific site for Bond techniques and tools you can
make yourself is found at Heidi's Knitting Room, just don't let the glaring RED background get to you LOL:
http://www.heidisknittingroom.ourfamily.com/ I hope that helps, because once you get used to your machine, it really
cuts down on the boring stocking stitch sections of knitting. FWIW, I made 3 adult hats very slowly with my USM carriage
before it loosened up, meaning the sharp edges of the plastic started to wear down from use so the carriage moves more
smoothly across the bed, so working the back of an adult sweater should do it, or do several experimental swatches 50
stitches by 50 rows with stripes, lace, fair isle, intarsia, and cables, which can be made into pillows or sewn together
into an afghan, which might be easier for you to handle than the frustration of dropping half of the back of an adult
sweater off the machine. Leah[/quote:2efb3beaca]
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Posted by Leah on Sun Oct 08, 2006 4:49 PM Post subject: Re: new to group
On Sat, 7 Oct 2006 22:38:28 -0400, judyp2@webtv.net (Judy P) wrote: [quote:a13b0cf615]Hi Pauline, I have a sweater
machine too..Haven't made any thing on it yet.. What I have tried, has ended up on the floor... I hand knit and
crochet.. [/quote:a13b0cf615] Judy It sounds to me like you might be in too much of a hurry when using your machine.
I've had an ISM for over 10 years, and the USM carriage for 3-4 years now. New knitters I've helped with their ISM/USM
have dropped work most often because they were in too much of a hurry to get the row done and end up with dropped
stitches because pushing the carriage too fast makes needles jump out of alignment ahead of it, so they don't knit
right, and the work can drop as a result. If your work drops really early after you cast on, it could be that your hem
didn't drop down properly after the first row, causing the knitting to bunch up and then drop. Try tugging very gently
on the hem after you knit the first row to make sure it's hanging freely under the machine, especially if you did a
closed edge cast on, because R1 tends to be quite tight when doing an E wrap. Another problem Bond newbies have is
that they either pull the yarn up too tight at the beginning of the row or not tight enough, so side edge stitches don't
knit right and can drop. You want it snug, but don't yank the yarn too hard. Another issue that Bond claims with
their new higher tech plastic is that the USM no longer needs to be waxed for use. I don't know if they've even put
that into their instructions, but as a seasoned ISM user, I can tell you that when trying out my USM KP and carriage, I
found that it definitely needed to be waxed. Get an unscented 100% paraffin white wax candle. It should be unscented
because essential oils used to scent them can stain your yarn, same with a dyes to make a colored candle. You can find
the little white unscented tea lights in almost any store. Pull it out of the metal tray and wax the area where the
needles go into and through the KP. If your carriage is jamming on the retaining bar rail at the front, wax those
joints before beginning each large project (say after each sweater). I also wax the back of the machine where the
carriage hooks in on the top of the joints and at the backs of the joints to help the carriage slide more freely. With
continued use, your bed and carriage will loosen up a little bit and be overall easier to use, but if you find it
getting stiff to work again (and noisier than you remembered it being), try waxing it again, especially if you let the
machine sit a couple of months between projects. Another issue new Bonders have is they are either holding the
carriage to the bed too tightly or not tightly enough. You want the carriage to glide freely, but not bounce. It's
also very important to make sure there is no tension on the yarn. Pull out enough yarn to complete your carriage pass,
and if you run out, stop the carriage and pull out enough. I usually pull out enough for 2 rows, then repeat. Some
Bonders use a fishing tool called a line stripper to quickly pull lengths of yarn for knitting out and have it shot into
a basket before working, so they don't have to stop and pull out more yarn while knitting. If you try and use it
straight out of a center pull skein, it results in tight rows, which can result in dropped work. If you are dropping
stitches on the same 1-2 needles, then it's quite possible that in man handling your machine, you bent one or more
needles, so it's not knitting properly, and the work will drop in approximately the same place consistently, so check
for bent needles if you're dropping in the same area. Also, check your hem. If you don't have a ravel cord and are
just using the thin elastic that comes with the machine, you might have nicked your hem, which can cause dropped
stitches, as can outright cutting through it. Also check to make sure your weights are distributed evenly in the hem.
If the hem leans down on one side, it can cause stitches to lift on the other side of the bed and eventually fall off.
Also, and I've done this myself, check the instructions to see you are putting the hem on right. Until I got used to
it, I dropped my work, because the hem wasn't hung on the machine right. For more hints and tips using the ISM/USM,
you can visit Steph Thornton's page here: http://www.stephthornton.co.uk/knitting/bond/list/listhint.htm It has a
lot of goofy patterns offered for free (and one quite annoying poster who is obsessed with using multiple dots instead
of proper punctuation), but there is also a ton of helpful hints and tips, like using a crochet hook to "latch
up" the rib instead of that really annoying hooked "latchet" tool. I use a G or H hook to do up worsted
weight rib, I or J for bulky, and E or F for baby/sport/DK. Another terrific site for Bond techniques and tools you
can make yourself is found at Heidi's Knitting Room, just don't let the glaring RED background get to you LOL:
http://www.heidisknittingroom.ourfamily.com/ I hope that helps, because once you get used to your machine, it really
cuts down on the boring stocking stitch sections of knitting. FWIW, I made 3 adult hats very slowly with my USM carriage
before it loosened up, meaning the sharp edges of the plastic started to wear down from use so the carriage moves more
smoothly across the bed, so working the back of an adult sweater should do it, or do several experimental swatches 50
stitches by 50 rows with stripes, lace, fair isle, intarsia, and cables, which can be made into pillows or sewn together
into an afghan, which might be easier for you to handle than the frustration of dropping half of the back of an adult
sweater off the machine. Leah
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View entire thread: Hairpin Lace help please!
Posted by mau on Tue Nov 07, 2006 10:09 AM Post subject: Re: Hairpin Lace help please!
Have you checked out the tutorial at Stitch Diva http://www.stitchdiva.com/custom.aspx?id=73. From what I can see on
the site in all their patterns both sides of loops are crocheted. I've done sideways knitting where you don't cast off
the last few stitches. You then let them unravel and they form a lovely looped fringe. I find that every now and then
some of the stitches slip down but they are easily worked back into place. One other possibility would be running it
along under a sewing machine to hold everything in place. Good luck Keep smiling :-) Marian "Jackie"
wrote in message news:1162779947.226199.203340@h54g2000cwb.googlegroups.com... [quote:085ab8a7ac]I'm trying to make a
scarf from two strips of hairpin lace, made from a two colors of fairly chunky yarn. I have linked the two strips
togeterher and it looks great -- but how do I keep the outer loops from eventually coming undone? They look like they
would eventually just work themselves out of the senter stitch. All the instructions I see for edges involve catching
the loops and crocheting an edge, but then you don't have loose loops any more, and that is the look I want. Any
suggestions? As an alternative -- is there a way to create the strips so you only have loops on one side, and the other
edge of each strip is solid? Then you could interweave the two strips and have the decorative part in the middle and the
edges would just be solid, not loopy, but not require any additional finishing. Thanks for help you can offer. --Jackie
[/quote:085ab8a7ac]
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View entire thread: Seems you all oversleep from Haloween ?????
Posted by Mirjam Bruck-Cohen on Mon Nov 06, 2006 6:18 AM Post subject: Re: Stitches East, was seems you all oversleep from Haloween
THANK You TAMAR for taking me with you on this little tour ,,, mirjam [quote:b3fcf4d27c]In article
<454d70a4.2847640@ar.news.verio.net>, Mirjam Bruck-Cohen <mirjam@actcom.co.il> wrote: Tell us about the
Stitches East Tamar ? What was the Main craft shown ??? Knitting! I spend my time in the merchant area, helping my
friend (and shopping) so I didn't take any classes. Relatively few booths weren't entirely about knitting. One booth
offered massages (by appointment), and another booth was selling massage equipment. One had triangular weaving looms,
there were two jewelers, some had spinning materials (roving, batts), some sold spinning wheels and spindles, EuroSteam
irons, buttons, pins to fasten shawls with - but mostly it was yarn, books, and needles and crochet hooks of all kinds.
There was also a booth of knitting machines that people could try out. I over-spent as usual, but almost everything I
bought was on my wish list before I went. At Sandy Terp's booth I found books on lace knitting, including Miller's
_Heirloom Lace_ - not cheap, but also not easy to find where you can leaf through and really see what is inside. I
decided I'm too rough with my needles to get the beautiful cobalt blue glass circular needles, but I found the 10-inch
long birchwood Brittany dpns I've been looking for. Newton's Yarn was there (all the way from Anaheim, CA) with their
usual amazing bargains on overstock yarn, for example, cashmerino for $7.00 for hanks of 3 or 4 ounces each (minimum
purchase 5 skeins) in glorious pure colors. Webs (from Massachusetts) had their usual very large area. From other
vendors I got local-area naturally-brown wool (from Virginia, which is local compared to California), Regia for
$2.48/ball, and a bag of sock yarn for 75% off. And a set of blocking wires, in case I ever finish any lace that needs
to be blocked. (The Orenburg lace booth was selling completed shawls and stoles as well as cobweb yarn, but I still
have dreams of making my own.) The merchant space was slightly cool, which made it comfortable for people who were
wearing their beautiful hand-crafted sweaters, waistcoats, and shawls. =Tamar[/quote:b3fcf4d27c]
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Posted by Midwest poster on Sun Nov 05, 2006 5:32 PM Post subject: Re: Stitches East, was seems you all oversleep from Haloween
Thanks for the excellent report. Reading it was the next best thing to having been there. -- Jan in MN
"Richard Eney" <dicconf@radix.net> wrote in message news:12kqe97kc1sea1c@corp.supernews.com...
[quote:18b31153a4]Knitting! I spend my time in the merchant area, helping my friend (and shopping) so I didn't take any
classes. Relatively few booths weren't entirely about knitting. One booth offered massages (by appointment), and another
booth was selling massage equipment. One had triangular weaving looms, there were two jewelers, some had spinning
materials (roving, batts), some sold spinning wheels and spindles, EuroSteam irons, buttons, pins to fasten shawls with
- but mostly it was yarn, books, and needles and crochet hooks of all kinds. There was also a booth of knitting machines
that people could try out. I over-spent as usual, but almost everything I bought was on my wish list before I went. At
Sandy Terp's booth I found books on lace knitting, including Miller's _Heirloom Lace_ - not cheap, but also not easy to
find where you can leaf through and really see what is inside. I decided I'm too rough with my needles to get the
beautiful cobalt blue glass circular needles, but I found the 10-inch long birchwood Brittany dpns I've been looking
for. Newton's Yarn was there (all the way from Anaheim, CA) with their usual amazing bargains on overstock yarn, for
example, cashmerino for $7.00 for hanks of 3 or 4 ounces each (minimum purchase 5 skeins) in glorious pure colors. Webs
(from Massachusetts) had their usual very large area. From other vendors I got local-area naturally-brown wool (from
Virginia, which is local compared to California), Regia for $2.48/ball, and a bag of sock yarn for 75% off. And a set of
blocking wires, in case I ever finish any lace that needs to be blocked. (The Orenburg lace booth was selling completed
shawls and stoles as well as cobweb yarn, but I still have dreams of making my own.) The merchant space was slightly
cool, which made it comfortable for people who were wearing their beautiful hand-crafted sweaters, waistcoats, and
shawls. =Tamar[/quote:18b31153a4]
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Posted by Richard Eney on Sun Nov 05, 2006 2:06 AM Post subject: Re: Stitches East, was seems you all oversleep from Haloween
In article <454d70a4.2847640@ar.news.verio.net>, Mirjam Bruck-Cohen <mirjam@actcom.co.il> wrote:
[quote:27cc00073d]Tell us about the Stitches East Tamar ? What was the Main craft shown ??? [/quote:27cc00073d]
Knitting! I spend my time in the merchant area, helping my friend (and shopping) so I didn't take any classes.
Relatively few booths weren't entirely about knitting. One booth offered massages (by appointment), and another booth
was selling massage equipment. One had triangular weaving looms, there were two jewelers, some had spinning materials
(roving, batts), some sold spinning wheels and spindles, EuroSteam irons, buttons, pins to fasten shawls with - but
mostly it was yarn, books, and needles and crochet hooks of all kinds. There was also a booth of knitting machines
that people could try out. I over-spent as usual, but almost everything I bought was on my wish list before I went.
At Sandy Terp's booth I found books on lace knitting, including Miller's _Heirloom Lace_ - not cheap, but also not easy
to find where you can leaf through and really see what is inside. I decided I'm too rough with my needles to get the
beautiful cobalt blue glass circular needles, but I found the 10-inch long birchwood Brittany dpns I've been looking
for. Newton's Yarn was there (all the way from Anaheim, CA) with their usual amazing bargains on overstock yarn, for
example, cashmerino for $7.00 for hanks of 3 or 4 ounces each (minimum purchase 5 skeins) in glorious pure colors.
Webs (from Massachusetts) had their usual very large area. From other vendors I got local-area naturally-brown wool
(from Virginia, which is local compared to California), Regia for $2.48/ball, and a bag of sock yarn for 75% off. And
a set of blocking wires, in case I ever finish any lace that needs to be blocked. (The Orenburg lace booth was selling
completed shawls and stoles as well as cobweb yarn, but I still have dreams of making my own.) The merchant space was
slightly cool, which made it comfortable for people who were wearing their beautiful hand-crafted sweaters,
waistcoats, and shawls. =Tamar
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View entire thread: Good day for finding Books
Posted by DAB on Sun Oct 29, 2006 4:44 PM Post subject: Re: Good day for finding Books
WoolyGooly wrote: [quote:8b4337a93b]On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 15:18:59 GMT, "DAB" <Dumplin@dodgeit.com> wrote:
I usually buy knitting books from Amazon and had added 2 to my wish list as they were not yet published so on a whim I
went to Barnes and Nobles yesterday and hit the jackpot. I could have ordered from Amazon but I wanted em NOW! I laid
hands on a copy of "Arctic Lace" Friday at my local BN. I decided I don't need it *right this minute* but it
is on the list of things Santa carries around in his wallet. The book contains a lot of good history about the qiviut
coops and the knitters who belong to the coops. In the back is a list of suppliers of qiviut yarn, which I copied onto
a napkin for future reference. Now if I can just find the napkin in my filing system... [/quote:8b4337a93b] LOL well I
didn't have a clue what qiviut coops is so did a goggle and found this but no pictures:
http://www.uwcc.wisc.edu/info/farmer/pre2001/030400k1.html I bought a lace scarf kit at a yarn show a few months
ago...the yarn is very fine and kinda fuzzy.....the free pattern was in a chevron stitch and after CO I could not get
the needles in under the stitches to knit...so put it away for latter...the pattern called for size 13 but I may need
to CO real loose.
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View entire thread: Sock Yarn- My turn to enable.
Posted by The Other Kim on Fri Sep 29, 2006 5:59 PM Post subject: Re: Sock Yarn- My turn to enable.
Marilyn wrote: [quote:04603b338f]I don't know if anyone has mentioned this yet but LittleKnits has Regia sock yarn on
sale. http://www.littleknits.com/products.php?cat=108 [/quote:04603b338f] I'm on the Little Knits mailing list and got
the notice. I've been trying to restrain myself with regard to sock yarns, though. When I bought the yarn for the
Sock Wars - anyone else doing this and still alive? - I also picked up enough Lorna's Shepherd Sock for 2 more pair.
Add this to the close to 10 pairs' worth of sock yarn already in the stash... I'm trying to finish up some things
before buying more yarn. I've got 2 Absolutely Fabulous throws in the works - one for a friend, one for my daughters'
school for them to include in their annual fund-raising auction - plus a lace cardigan I worked on when I was in the
hospital, plus a lace shawl that's exactly half done (it's worked in two parts and grafted, and I've done one part),
plus a felted bag I'm making as a holiday gift for my sister-in-law. Then it's time to go stash diving for yarn to
whip up a sweater to send to Afghans for Afghans, then any other holiday knitting I want to do...it never ends, and I
love it!! The Other Kim kimagreenfieldatyahoodotcom
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View entire thread: Can you block wool-ease?
Posted by BB on Fri Sep 22, 2006 3:48 PM Post subject: Re: Can you block wool-ease?
DA wrote: [quote:066bf464d0]"BB" <BB@youhavetoask.com> wrote in message
news:roDQg.1165$pq4.846@tornado.ohiordc.rr.com... I am considering trying the Branching Out scarf
http://knitty.com/ISSUEspring05/PATTbranchingout.html using some leftover Wool-ease, only because the color would be
neat for it (a heathered green), but if it's not going to block well, then it might be a bad idea. Has anyone blocked
Wool-ease before? BB Pin out the piece, stretching the lace pattern, then dampen with a spray bottle and let dry. You
can also dampen the knitting and pin to dry. DA [/quote:066bf464d0] Maybe I will make both scarves! I found another
skein so I have enough. BB
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Posted by DA on Fri Sep 22, 2006 1:43 AM Post subject: Re: Can you block wool-ease?
"BB" <BB@youhavetoask.com> wrote in message news:roDQg.1165$pq4.846@tornado.ohiordc.rr.com...
[quote:c47fcca499]I am considering trying the Branching Out scarf http://knitty.com/ISSUEspring05/PATTbranchingout.html
using some leftover Wool-ease, only because the color would be neat for it (a heathered green), but if it's not going to
block well, then it might be a bad idea. Has anyone blocked Wool-ease before? BB [/quote:c47fcca499] Pin out the
piece, stretching the lace pattern, then dampen with a spray bottle and let dry. You can also dampen the knitting and
pin to dry. DA
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Posted by BB on Fri Sep 22, 2006 1:42 AM Post subject: Re: Can you block wool-ease?
Alison wrote: [quote:329a1dabcb]On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 21:22:31 GMT, BB <BB@youhavetoask.com> wrote: I am
considering trying the Branching Out scarf http://knitty.com/ISSUEspring05/PATTbranchingout.html using some leftover
Wool-ease, only because the color would be neat for it (a heathered green), but if it's not going to block well, then it
might be a bad idea. Has anyone blocked Wool-ease before? BB Wool-ease is mostly acrylic, only 20% wool. I would
try knitting a swatch that consisted of some of the lace pattern first, then try blocking it. Alison
[/quote:329a1dabcb] Yeah, it's probably a bad idea (using the yarn, not the swatching). I will have to find some green
all wool yarn for the branching out :) BB
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Posted by Alison on Thu Sep 21, 2006 11:14 PM Post subject: Re: Can you block wool-ease?
On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 21:22:31 GMT, BB <BB@youhavetoask.com> wrote: [quote:c50113d5ff]I am considering trying the
Branching Out scarf http://knitty.com/ISSUEspring05/PATTbranchingout.html using some leftover Wool-ease, only because
the color would be neat for it (a heathered green), but if it's not going to block well, then it might be a bad idea.
Has anyone blocked Wool-ease before? BB [/quote:c50113d5ff] Wool-ease is mostly acrylic, only 20% wool. I would try
knitting a swatch that consisted of some of the lace pattern first, then try blocking it. Alison
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View entire thread: What's everybody 'working' on?
Posted by Bob & Carol on Sat Sep 23, 2006 1:48 PM Post subject: Re: What's everybody 'working' on?
My first felted project...the purse in the new Knitty "Threnody" <crredwards@gmail.com> wrote in
message news:4qRQg.7169$Ij.6587@newssvr14.news.prodigy.com... [quote:55568efff8]Crocheted socks and (don't laugh)
coffee cozies. I had a bad experience turning the heel of this sock, so I put it away for three or four weeks. I pulled
it out Wednesday night while at a coffee shop with friends (who were all knitting) and decided I'd been over-analyzing
the instructions and that I should just take it on faith and MOVE ON. I did, and I'm not sure to this very minute how I
succeeded. But succeed I did. [Perfectionists ought never work with yarn. Never ever. We weird ourselves right out.
I want so badly to be one of those Zen fiber people. Instead, I sulk at my projects and kvetch and stress out.] I'm
still playing with denim yarn and various crocheted lace patterns, trying to design the Perfect Curtains (tm) for the
new house. I haven't yet decided if this is the path to madness, but it's starting to look like it. -- Threnody
crredwards@gmail.com http://aff-the-fang.blogspot.com http://totallyhooked.blogspot.com[/quote:55568efff8]
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Posted by Threnody on Fri Sep 22, 2006 2:20 PM Post subject: Re: What's everybody 'working' on?
Crocheted socks and (don't laugh) coffee cozies. I had a bad experience turning the heel of this sock, so I put it
away for three or four weeks. I pulled it out Wednesday night while at a coffee shop with friends (who were all
knitting) and decided I'd been over-analyzing the instructions and that I should just take it on faith and MOVE ON. I
did, and I'm not sure to this very minute how I succeeded. But succeed I did. [Perfectionists ought never work with
yarn. Never ever. We weird ourselves right out. I want so badly to be one of those Zen fiber people. Instead, I
sulk at my projects and kvetch and stress out.] I'm still playing with denim yarn and various crocheted lace patterns,
trying to design the Perfect Curtains (tm) for the new house. I haven't yet decided if this is the path to madness,
but it's starting to look like it. -- Threnody crredwards@gmail.com http://aff-the-fang.blogspot.com
http://totallyhooked.blogspot.com
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View entire thread: kumihimo
Posted by cozyhomelife on Wed Nov 01, 2006 4:56 AM Post subject: Re: MIRJAM- Ot pictures of women making handcrafts
Mirjam, I wasn't sure if this was just nothing like what you were looking for or if for some reason you didn't see the
post, so I'll try again. Please read my post quoted below: -Cozy
http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?webtag=cozy_at_home Happiness doesn't come from having things, it comes
from *having things you can find* :) "cozyhomelife" <chl@notscape.com> wrote in message
news:6861h.17677$TV3.8587@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com... [quote:9fe7bed1c1]Mirjam, there is a book called "For the
love of Knitting" that has quite a few pics of this nature. Some are old black and white fotos of women/children
doing knitting or spinning. Others are like artwork from magazines, probably around world war 1 or 2, I'm guessing, but
don't really know. Some are like paintings, for example, here's one I see "Knitting Girl" by William Adolphe
Bourguereau in 1869. I found it online here: http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/bouguereau/knitting.jpg -- -Cozy
http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?webtag=cozy_at_home Happiness doesn't come from having things, it comes
from *having things you can find* :) "Mirjam Bruck-Cohen" <mirjam@actcom.co.il> wrote in message
news:4545bf0a.749718@ar.news.verio.net... THank you Tamar i will take the lead and look for it Any one familiar with the
painter Mary Cassatt ,, on the cover of the book i hjave there is a painting of a woman sewing , than inside there is a
poetrait of a woman embroidering and oned of a woman crochetibf or making some lace ,, but also a woman reading the
Newspaper ,,, mirjam There is a fresco in Spain that shows a group of early Christian female saints all doing some
kind of textile craft, including one who is knitting a sock. The only name I can think of is Zahortiga, but I think
that's the name of the supposed artist (also spelled Zaortiga). I think the fresco is from the fifteenth century.
=Tamar [/quote:9fe7bed1c1]
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Posted by Mirjam Bruck-Cohen on Tue Oct 31, 2006 5:45 AM Post subject: Re: Ot pictures of women making handcrafts
Thank you Cozy ,,,, i will look out for those , put the book on my list mirjam [quote:bcd6e0c5e9]Mirjam, there is a
book called "For the love of Knitting" that has quite a few pics of this nature. Some are old black and
white fotos of women/children doing knitting or spinning. Others are like artwork from magazines, probably around world
war 1 or 2, I'm guessing, but don't really know. Some are like paintings, for example, here's one I see "Knitting
Girl" by William Adolphe Bourguereau in 1869. I found it online here:
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/bouguereau/knitting.jpg -- -Cozy
http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?webtag=cozy_at_home Happiness doesn't come from having things, it comes
from *having things you can find* :) "Mirjam Bruck-Cohen" <mirjam@actcom.co.il> wrote in message
news:4545bf0a.749718@ar.news.verio.net... THank you Tamar i will take the lead and look for it Any one familiar with the
painter Mary Cassatt ,, on the cover of the book i hjave there is a painting of a woman sewing , than inside there is a
poetrait of a woman embroidering and oned of a woman crochetibf or making some lace ,, but also a woman reading the
Newspaper ,,, mirjam There is a fresco in Spain that shows a group of early Christian female saints all doing some
kind of textile craft, including one who is knitting a sock. The only name I can think of is Zahortiga, but I think
that's the name of the supposed artist (also spelled Zaortiga). I think the fresco is from the fifteenth century.
=Tamar [/quote:bcd6e0c5e9]
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Posted by Mirjam Bruck-Cohen on Mon Oct 30, 2006 10:04 AM Post subject: Re: Ot pictures of women making handcrafts
THank you Tamar i will take the lead and look for it Any one familiar with the painter Mary Cassatt ,, on the cover of
the book i hjave there is a painting of a woman sewing , than inside there is a poetrait of a woman embroidering and
oned of a woman crochetibf or making some lace ,, but also a woman reading the Newspaper ,,, mirjam
[quote:b326099bac]There is a fresco in Spain that shows a group of early Christian female saints all doing some kind of
textile craft, including one who is knitting a sock. The only name I can think of is Zahortiga, but I think that's the
name of the supposed artist (also spelled Zaortiga). I think the fresco is from the fifteenth century.
=Tamar[/quote:b326099bac]
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Posted by cozyhomelife on Sun Oct 29, 2006 7:10 PM Post subject: Re: Ot pictures of women making handcrafts
Mirjam, there is a book called "For the love of Knitting" that has quite a few pics of this nature. Some are
old black and white fotos of women/children doing knitting or spinning. Others are like artwork from magazines,
probably around world war 1 or 2, I'm guessing, but don't really know. Some are like paintings, for example, here's one
I see "Knitting Girl" by William Adolphe Bourguereau in 1869. I found it online here:
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/bouguereau/knitting.jpg -- -Cozy
http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?webtag=cozy_at_home Happiness doesn't come from having things, it comes
from *having things you can find* :) "Mirjam Bruck-Cohen" <mirjam@actcom.co.il> wrote in message
news:4545bf0a.749718@ar.news.verio.net... [quote:beaf7e4246]THank you Tamar i will take the lead and look for it Any one
familiar with the painter Mary Cassatt ,, on the cover of the book i hjave there is a painting of a woman sewing , than
inside there is a poetrait of a woman embroidering and oned of a woman crochetibf or making some lace ,, but also a
woman reading the Newspaper ,,, mirjam There is a fresco in Spain that shows a group of early Christian female saints
all doing some kind of textile craft, including one who is knitting a sock. The only name I can think of is Zahortiga,
but I think that's the name of the supposed artist (also spelled Zaortiga). I think the fresco is from the fifteenth
century. =Tamar [/quote:beaf7e4246]
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